We're dealing with old issues that aren't ours. We carry them and we pass them on to those who come after us. I am hoping to crack some of those.

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.

The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living…

When you love someone, you can’t help but pray for them.

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.

I'm kind of ashamed to be a celebrity. I don't understand wanting to read about other people's dirty laundry. I think celebrity is the biggest red herring society has ever pulled on itself.

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've still got the heart and soul of the performance.

Those in power write the history while those who suffer write the songs.

As soon as you're interested in what is good taste, then you're in bad taste land already. What's comfortable and what represents your life, what's unique and individual about you, that's style.

Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.

If all the harps in the world were burned down, still inside the heart there will be hidden music playing.

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be.